D.C. MAN ACCUSED OF SPYING; 11TH ESPIONAGE ARREST IN '85

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP90-00965R000707040011-5
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: K
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: February 6, 2012
• Sequence Number: 11
• Publication Date: December 21, 1985
• Content Type: OPEN SOURCE

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21 December 1985
D.C. Man Accused of Spying;
11th Espionage Arrest in '85
By Martin Weil
Washington Post Staff Writer
A 26-year-old Washington man
was arrested at a hotel here last
night on an espionage charge in
connection with an alleged attempt
to gather and deliver defense infor-
mation to representatives of the
Soviet Union, the FBI announced. It
was the 11th espionage arrest this
year, the FBI said.
The suspect was identified as
Randy Miles Jeffries of 143 Rhode
Island Ave, NW, who works in the
distribution department of a Wash-
ington area printing and reporting
firm that does business under con-
tract with the government.
The FBI said Jeffries "obtained
information related to the national
defense of the United States by vir-
tue of his employment" with the
firm.
According to an FBI statement,
"after obtaining the classified doc-
uments, Jeffries attempted to de-
liver them" Dec. 14 to the Soviet
Military Office at 2552 Belmont Rd.
NW.
The military office is a branch of,
the Soviet Embassy that deals with
military matters.
In a formal statement, FBI Direc-
tor William H. Webster said the
arrest was "based on facts devel-
oped during an investigation con-
ducted by the Washington field di-
vision of the FBI."
Details of what led FBI agents to
Jeffries were not immediately avail-
able. However, law enforcement
sources indicated late last night
that his arrest appeared to have no
connection with the arrests of the
other persons picked up earlier this
year on espionage or espionage-re-
lated charges.
The~FBI said that Jeffries' arrest
was authorized by lawyers from
both the justice Department and
the U.S. attorney's office here. It
came at 9:11 p.m. at a motel at
14th Street and Massachusetts Av-
enue NW, according to the FBI.
A law enforcement source iden-
tified the motel as the Holiday Inn.
Neighbors interviewed at Jef-
fries' apartment house said they did
not know him. .
Jeffries was being held last night
in the D.C. Jail pending an appear-
ance today in D.C. Superior Court.
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